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Home My WebLink About20040414Letter.pdf- ,, ,- .- ;:_ L.uVt. 'f7'1;:J ;'" c, , '""-, 7Gul: ArR ! 4 M1 8: 5l~ April 12, 2004 ! L, UT!LIT!t~S CO(\;/ISSiON Idaho Public Utilities Commission Attention: Mr. Doug Cooley P. O. Box 83720 Boise, ill 83720-0074 &/1/ If -' ;: ('J Lj, tJ Re:Telephone Service to the Soldiers Meadow Area in North Central Idaho Dear Mr. Cooley: It has been over six weeks since Mr. & Mrs. Herb Weed and my husband and I sent this letter, a copy of which is attached. As you can see, we have requested a formal proceeding to investigate service to our area. Can you please advise us of the status of this request? We have not received any written correspondence regarding our request. We would appreciate a written response. Thank you. Sincerely, ~-1-~C~ K ~/1( ?l/~ Vlado Maras and Vivian Kastner-Maras P. O. Box 280 Winchester, ill 83555 Or Contact Mr. & Mrs. Herb Weed P. O. Box 467 Winchester, ill 83555 February 18 2004 Idaho Public Utilities Commission P. O. Box 83720 Boise, ill 83720-0074 Re:Telephone Service to the Soldiers Meadow Area in North Central Idaho Dear Commissioners: As permitted under Idaho Statute 61-508, the citizens of the Soldiers Meadow area hereby file a formal complaint and ask the Commission to open a formal proceeding to investigate service extensions and service area boundaries for Soldiers Meadow. Our request is based on the fact " ... facilities or other physical property of any public utility... ought reasonably to be made, or that a new structure or structures should be erected, to promote the security." Mr. Maras and Mrs. Weed are both suffering from serious health problems and the other residents certainly realize the need for a telephone in any health or physical emergency. Our complaint also recognizes the fact that we comprise the third group of the original petitioners for service. Based on conversations with staff, we were advised that this petition was going to be considered in its entirety, all of the petitioners or none. Subsequently, we were told Soldiers Meadow was outside of the service area. Why wasn t the service area boundary changed? Quest was allowed to modify its tariff to allow a $1 600 line extension credit per applicant, similar to its southern Idaho tariff, so there were changes made during our application process. Our request for service could be the basis to revise the service area boundary. Quest has installed service to the Forest area free of cost to customers. At that time, all equipment and manpower was mobilized which could have easily extended service to the Soldiers Meadow area a few miles away. We feel we were discriminated against just because of the arbitrary straight line ofthe county boundary. It appears that the Soldiers Meadow area is a "no man s land" which seems unbelievable in 2004. The residents of Soldiers Meadow could also be served from the Waha area which currently has telephone servIce. Idaho Public Utility Commission February 18, 2004 Page 2 of 3 We respectfully request that the Commissioners hear our complaint and open a formal proceeding. Please advise us of the necessary steps we need to take in this process. Thank you. Sincerely, Vlado Maras Vivian Maras P. O. Box 280 25314 Soldiers Meadow Road Winchester, ill 83555 Herb Weed Trudy Weed P. O. Box 467 43529 Yellow Pine Ave. Winchester, ill 83555 Additional Soldiers Meadow area residents interested in telephone service: Ron & Carol Andrews P. O. Box 9 43669 Yellow Pine Ave. Winchester, ill 83555 Lorene & Mametta Shrader (disabled) P. O. Box 171 Yellow Pine Ave. Winchester, ill 83555 Chris & Connie Cavanaugh 1618 14th Ave. Lewiston, ill 83501 24916 Soldiers Meadow Rd. Winchester, ill 83555 Lois Vincent 835 Pine St. Yellow Pine Ave. Lewiston, ill 83501 Mike & Margaret Squires 1320 7th Ave. Lewiston, ill 83501 Dick & Joyce Wallace 3832 12th St. Lewiston, ill 83501 Mel & Bev Hofman 3825 11th St. Lewiston, ill 83501 Larry & Mary Weber Lenore, ill Brian Howlett, DC 1627 4th Ave. Clarkston, W A 99403 Ed & Mikki Wemhoff Rt. 1 Cottonwood, ill 83522 Idaho Public Utility Commission February 18 2004 Page 3 of 3 Listed below are additional property owners in the Soldiers Meadow area who have yet to be contacted regarding their interest in the phone service: Jim Peterson Jake Sweet Carol Click Wayne Grubb Gary Wessels Allen Felton Bob Skelton Jim Light Pat & Delray Maki cc:Larry Craig, State Senator (846 Main St. Lewiston, ill 83501) Mike Crapo, State Senator (111 Main St., Room 140 Lewiston, ill 83501)